Lake Tahoe South Shore Chamber of Commerce is hosting a seminar for people to learn requirements for planning, developing and permits needed to build or grow a business on the South Shore. South Lake Tahoe and Tahoe Regional Planning Agency will be providing information. The talk is March 15 from noon-1:30pm at Tahoe Mountain Lab […]
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The Minden Library is showing movies every Saturday at 10:30am in the meeting room. These movies are geared toward adults and teens (rated PG to PG-13). Free coffee and treats will be available March’s theme is Westerns: · March 4: “3:10 to Yuma” (1957 version, not rated) · March 11: “High Noon” (rated PG) · […]
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· Placer County Board of Supervisors approved a $368,000 contract with Auerbach Engineering Corporation of Tahoe City to design a 1.6-mile reach of the Martis Valley Trail. · With three months of extreme freeze-thaw cycles and recent flooding in Douglas County, Tillman Road has been closed from Kimmerling Circle to Patricia due to unsafe road […]
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Tahoe Mountain Resorts Foundation is offering seven scholarships totaling $50,500 to eligible graduating seniors from the class of 2017 at Truckee and North Tahoe high schools who are applying to a four-year college. Applications will be accepted through April 3, with recipients to be notified at each school’s awards night. Annually, one four-year scholarship is […]
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· Comet lift at Heavenly is open after being closed since Jan. 1 when dozens of people had to be evacuated from it. · Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest is launching an email subscription service. Go online to manage choices. · Truckee is looking for input as it looks to hire a town manager. Go online to […]
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Katie Rice of Guild Mortgage Company and Amie Quirarte of Tahoe Luxury Properties are putting on a seminar to learn how to make home ownership a reality. The evening will start with informal conversation, cocktails and appetizers at 6pm, then at 7pm the two will discuss down payment assistance options and grant programs people may qualify […]
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· State Sen. Ted Gaines, R-El Dorado, sent a letter to President Trump requesting that in light of the Oroville Dam crisis he take action to conduct an immediate and thorough inspection of Folsom Dam; the existing Folsom Dam spillways; the soon-to-be-completed auxiliary spillway; and all levees potentially affected by a dam failure or unregulated […]
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Barton Health has put together a panel to discuss prescription drug abuse on March 1 from 6-7pm at Lake Tahoe Community College. Topics include: · History of opioids and prescribing for pain · Best practices for managing pain and complimentary therapies · Safe keeping and disposal of prescription drugs · Antidote for opioid overdose. For […]
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Liberty Utilities is making in-roads into the power outages that were triggered this week from the latest round of storms. Issues remain at: Portola: A couple single service issues remain that should completed Thursday. River Road/Silver Creek/Fir Crags/Highway 89: Avalanche danger has been reduced to moderate so crews plan to begin repairing the four cross […]
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Two Tesla charging stations and two Clipper Creek stations that can charge any type of zero-emission electric vehicle are now available for Northstar residents and guests for free. In partnership with the Northstar Community Service District, Tahoe Mountain Resorts Foundation for two years will pay for the electricity required to power these four electric vehicle charging […]
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